Eric Clapton And Steve Winwood - Exotic Summer [European Tour 2010, 24 CD]

Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood first connected in 1969 when they formed Blind Faith with Ginger Baker and Rick Grech. One of rock music's first "supergroups", the band was short-lived and released only one album. The eagerly anticipated 2010 European dates follow last summer’s U.S. Tour. Their three amazing nights at Madison Square Garden in February 2008 were captured on Live From Madison Square Garden. Released in May 2009, the DVD and CD sets highlight the duo’s shared history in Blind Faith, their abiding love of the blues, coupled with some signature solo songs and a few of their personal favorites.

Chris Stainton first joined Eric Clapton's band in 1979 and has been an integral part of EC's touring and recording bands for much of the last 30 years. Steve Gadd first joined Clapton’s band during the blues tour and remained with the band until 1996. He then rejoined Eric’s band from September 1998 through the 2004 World Tour and again from May 2009. Sharon White and Michelle John joined Eric Clapton’s band in 2004 while bass legend Willie Weeks signed on in 2006. 

• Eric Clapton - guitar, vocals
• Steve Winwood – hammond organ, piano, guitar, vocals
• Chris Stainton – keyboards
• Willie Weeks –bass
• Steve Gadd – drums
• Michelle John – backing vocals
• Sharon White – backing vocals

 

Steve Winwood - The Finer Things (4 CD, 1995/FLAC)

 

The Finer Things is a compilation album box set of recordings by Steve Winwood. It includes songs from his early days with The Spencer Davis Group through Traffic and Blind Faith and into his work during his solo career. 

Steve Winwood has led a long and varied career, recording everything from straight R&B and jazz-flavored rock to folk and pop. Over the course of four discs, The Finer Things chronicles the entirety of his career, beginning with the Spencer Davis Group, through Traffic and Blind Faith, right until his successful solo career. It includes all of the hits and many of his finest album tracks, yet the overall approach is rather exhausting -- the rarities are rarely illuminating, they're just there for the sake of being there. Nevertheless, it is a worthwhile purchase for anyone wanting a comprehensive picture of Winwood in all of his various guises. 

Blind Faith - Blind Faith (1969/2010) [SACD ISO]

Blind Faith is the only studio album by the English supergroup Blind Faith, originally released in 1969 on Polydor Records in the United Kingdom and Europe and on ATCO Records in the United States. It topped the album charts in the UK, Canada and US, and was listed at No. 40 on the US Soul Albums chart. It has been certified platinum by the RIAA.

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Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood - Live from Madison Square Garden [2 CD + DVDRIP, 2009/FLAC]

 

Live from Madison Square Garden is a 2 CD/ DVD live album by Eric Clapton and Steve Winwood which was released on May 19, 2009 by Duck / Reprise Records. The album is made up of recordings from Clapton and Winwood's performances at Madison Square Garden in February 2008.

The duo performed songs from their time in the band Blind Faith as well as selections from Traffic, Derek and the Dominos, Clapton's & Winwood's solo careers and some rock & blues covers. Their band consisted of Willie Weeks on bass, Ian Thomas on drums and Chris Stainton on keyboards.

 

Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Jimmy Page & friends - The ARMS Charity Concert 1983 (DVDRIP video)

 The ARMS Charity Concerts were a series of charitable rock concerts in support of Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis in 1983. The first (and initially planned to be the only) event took place at the Royal Albert Hall on September 20, 1983, with subsequent dates occurring in the United States, with slightly different lineups of musicians. 

The idea for hosting the concert was envisaged by Ronnie Lane, ex-bassist for Small Faces and Faces, himself a casualty of multiple sclerosis. The concert was billed as The Ronnie Lane Appeal for ARMS and featured a star-studded line-up of British musicians, including Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck, Steve Winwood, Andy Fairweather Low, Bill Wyman, Kenney Jones, Charlie Watts and Ray Cooper. The concert was particularly notable in the fact that it was the first occasion on which Clapton, Beck and Page, each a former lead guitarist for The Yardbirds, had performed together on stage.

 

Stomu Yamashta's GO - The Complete Go Sessions (2 CD, 2005/FLAC)

 Go was a rock supergroup formed in 1976 by Stomu Yamashta (percussion and keyboards), which included Steve Winwood (vocals and keyboards), Al Di Meola (lead guitar), Klaus Schulze (synthesizers) and Michael Shrieve (drums). Go is the Japanese word for "five".

Go recorded two studio albums, Go (1976) and Go Too (1977). The band also recorded June 12, 1976 concert they performed in France, which was released as the album Go Live From Paris (1976). 

Raven label has combined all three go albums for "The Complete Go Sessions": featuring three complete albums: "Go" (1976), the double LP "Go: Live from Paris" (1976) and "Go Too" (1977) on a double CD set, over 145 minutes of music with superb audio quality. Yamashta recorded these albums with a stellar cast of English, European and American musicians - a true east meets west collaboration of tremendous scope. Features prominent contributions from master musicians Steve Winwood, Al Dimeola, Michael Shrieve, Klaus Schulze, Paul Buckmaster, Pat Thrall, Soul Diva Linda Lewis.

 

Disc 01

01. Go (1976) Part 1 ... 21:19

02. Go (1976) Part 2 ... 20:16

03. Go - Live From Paris (1976) Part 1 ... 15:52

04. Go - Live From Paris (1976) Part 2 ... 14:38

Disc 02

01. Go - Live From Paris (1976) Part 3 ... 14:16

02. Go - Live From Paris (1976) Part 4 ... 18:59

03. Prelude ... 3:02

04. Seen You Before ... 6:15

05. Madness ... 5:59

06. Mysteries Of Love ... 6:42

07. Wheels Of Fortune ... 5:35

08. Beauty ... 5:09

09. You And Me ... 7:00

10. Ecliptic ... 2:27 

Steve Winwood - The Island Years 1977-1986 [4 CD, 2007/FLAC]

 A fabulous Japanese box set comprising of Steve Winwood's first 4 aclaimed solo albums

 

 

The Spencer Davis Group - Eight Gigs A Week: The Steve Winwood Years (2 CD, 1996/FLAC)

 This two-CD, 51-song set covers virtually everything the group recorded with Steve Winwood in the lineup from 1964-1967. The gap between the band's best and worst material was considerable; quite a few of their R&B covers are surprisingly routine, and the occasional cuts that don't have Winwood on lead vocals are downright pedestrian. Because of this inconsistency, the general fan's better off with the Rhino best-of, if it can be found. If you want to get more, though, this is the first and last place to go, with all the hit singles, everything from their three albums, an early EP, some B-sides, and a couple of previously unissued tracks. And some of the obscure material is really good, whether in a straight R&B/blues or more soulful vein. Be aware that the version of "Gimme Some Lovin'" here is the less dynamic, original British mix, minus some backup vocals and percussion. 

Blind Faith - Blind Faith (2 LP, 1969/2013) [FLAC]

 

Blind Faith's first and last album, more than 30 years old and counting, remains one of the jewels of the Eric Clapton, Steve Winwood, and Ginger Baker catalogs, despite the crash-and-burn history of the band itself, which scarcely lasted six months. As much a follow-up to Traffic's self-titled second album as it is to Cream's final output, it merges the soulful blues of the former with the heavy riffing and outsized song lengths of the latter for a very compelling sound unique to this band. Not all of it works -- between the virtuoso electric blues of "Had to Cry Today," the acoustic-textured "Can't Find My Way Home," the soaring "Presence of the Lord" (Eric Clapton's one contribution here as a songwriter, and the first great song he ever authored) and "Sea of Joy," the band doesn't do much with the Buddy Holly song "Well All Right"; and Ginger Baker's "Do What You Like" was a little weak to take up 15 minutes of space on an LP that might have been better used for a shorter drum solo and more songs. Unfortunately, the group was never that together as a band and evidently had just the 42 minutes of new music here ready to tour behind.